A World Cup for the ages is about to start: six Olimpia players are set to play on the biggest stage

The World Cup starts on Friday 25 September (Italy-Angola tip-off will be at 10:00 Italian time) in three different countries, the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia. Five players from the Olimpia 2023/24 team will be involved (Nicolò Melli, Pippo Ricci and Stefano Tonut play for Italy; Maodo Lo and Johannes Voigtmann for Germany) plus Gigi Datome, at Read More »

Alex Poythress is naturally ready after four seasons at Kentucky and two National titles won over two years

Kentucky University has always been a basketball powerhouse, an iconic institution, surrounded by enormous expectations and often unrealistic pressure. Since, John Calipari took the job as head coach, everything was even more extreme. Calipari’s philosophy is to recruit the best players available; experience and maturity be damned. Since 2013, when Alex Poythress stepped on the Lexington Read More »